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We all use flash drives instead of the older floppy disk standard of last century. The problem with USB is that it isn't made to boot like a floppy disk. Motherboards now support booting from USB drives made to look like hard drives. This guide is a step by step process running on Ubuntu.

Awhile ago I learned how to do this in Windows. If I ever have time I might explain how it came to pass.

Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today?Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection.Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!

for some reason my usb stick was being assigned to drive e: which according to autoexec.bat is reserved for the cdrom drive -- weird -- just open /home/USERNAME/.dosemu/drive_c/autoexec.bat as root in gedit and change 'e:' to another letter of your choice (like f.